Algebra and trigonometry young pdf

I have changed the order of topics covered to match my individual style of teaching. The subheadings break the material down into logical units so that the instructor can pick and choose topics. The organization of topics are logically ordered. Topics are revisited, much like a spiral curriculum, where students see concepts in several places. Students are able to see the relevancy of the topics and deepen understanding as the course progresses. The online version is easy to navigate.

Images and charts are clear and do not distract. I like that students who use the online version can click on the Show Solution option to display the answer. This allows the learner to try the problem on their own without seeing the solution. Many of my students routinely use this interactive feature. This is an excellent textbook and is used in more than one course at my institution. It is well written with good flow. An index or glossary would be a helpful addition to the textbook.

I would also like the selection of practice problems to be expanded in varying degree of difficulty so that learners, who are at different levels of readiness, can practice. This book is perfect to teach one semester course. It has all the material that we cover in a semester. I like the book the way it is organized. First, the author explained the theoretical concept, then example and finally the exercise.

I think most of our students need this pattern to succeed the course. I strongly agree that students can easily access the e book and they also can download the pdf version of this book. I use this text for a semester course. There is more than enough content for a semester course. I doubt there is enough for a full year.

Every time that I use this text I change something in the order of the content delivery, and the book is written in a way works. While I still like to have a words-on-paper textbook, the students almost exclusively used the ebook version with no complaints.

I use this book in a highly diverse setting and have never had an issue raised to me regarding insensitivity. I use this book in foundational math class. There are three things in particular that make this book appeal to me. I like the modularity of this book as it allows me jump around to shape each class based on the students' needs. I also utilized the accompanying PowerPoints as a foundation for my presentations. Lastly and most importantly is the connection to WebAssign for online homework.

The ability of WebAssign to deliver additional content to supplement this text in the modality that each student desires based on their learning style makes a huge impact in outcomes.

I highly recommend this text. I did not see a glossary, but there was an effective index. From what I see, you cannot get to the index unless you download the book from the website. Once I downloaded it, I could see the index. There were some real-world applications considered, some real objects in life, but none that would be considered obsolete any time soon. The topics are in a logical order, there is nothing I would change.

This is how I would teach the class. There were no navigation problems that I ran into. The pictures were nice and there was no distortion. There were some formatting things I noticed in the online version.

Specifically, on page , any time there is a formula, after it, there is a space that is missing between it and the next word. However, when I downloaded the PDF version, that formatting error is gone. All areas of the subject are covered. The index is easy to use. Each section contains a glossary which can be helpful and convenient, but for instructors who limit their teaching to specific sections, a comprehensive glossary that is easily Each section contains a glossary which can be helpful and convenient, but for instructors who limit their teaching to specific sections, a comprehensive glossary that is easily identified in the index would be much more helpful.

I have not found inaccuracies. I found the introductions to the material and real world applicable examples to be unbiased. However, the explanation of factoring trinomials with leading coefficients not 1 only explains one method grouping instead of explaining the general principle. Some instructors prefer to teach factoring trinomials using trial and error with a focus on students understanding the general principle as the publisher explains for factoring trinomials with coefficients of 1 and factoring by pulling out the GCF.

I also disagree with the explanation of power functions in that variables raised to fractional powers were said to also be power functions. I really appreciated the fact that the text has links to youtube videos in some sections.

This will make the text much more interactive and relevant to the student. The real life examples seemed quite relevant to today's culture. However, one example in section 1. To my knowledge, that term is not used in this current generation of graduating high school students.

The text is well written, and the examples are interactive. The real-life examples do not contain technical terminology which would be difficult for the average reader to understand. The text is consistent in how it presents material.

Each section has an introduction to material, interactive examples, practice problems, and a glossary at the end. While I do feel the text is well organized, some sections contain an enormous amount of material. If considering the book for a Pre-Calculus or Trigonometry course, the layout is appropriate to give a brief overview of previously taught Algebra topics.

I would not prefer this book for College Algebra. I have a great appreciation for the interactive examples. However, some examples do not state the solutions as others do, which could be confusing to some readers. The introduction to each section uses material from a variety of cultures throughout history such as Egyptians, Grecians, Haitians.

The introduction also explains applications in a variety of fields such as business, science, engineering, and architecture. I appreciated many qualities about this book. I enjoyed Section 1. The interactive examples are set up in a way that it gives students a chance to consider solutions before they are told what they are.

Students can then click on the link to receive either validation or correction for their thoughts. As stated earlier, the youtube links make the text user friendly to students today. Improvements to the text could include more common types of factoring examples in Section 1. The explanation of factoring trinomials with a leading coefficient not 1 could explain the general principle of factoring as was done for factoring by grouping and factoring trinomials with leading coefficient of 1 before describing a particular method.

The explanation of converting degrees to radians and radians to degrees could be more straightforward by offering a formula early one instead of using the concept of rotations. The examples for this are also quite complicated. All in all, it is a great option for a Trigonometry class. The text book is comprehensive, covering most of the materials for College Algebra and Trigonometry in a standard, traditional way.

It has an introduction, learning objectives, contents with definitions, key points, graphs, and examples with It has an introduction, learning objectives, contents with definitions, key points, graphs, and examples with similar practice questions. It lacks the integrated connection between concepts within the book. Examples and graphic displays are quite standard and clear. I especially like the video using the wolfram graphic to illustrate the polar graphs in trigonometry functions.

The notations are quite consistent throughout the book. The online version of the textbook and the pdf version of the textbook are a little different. In the pdf version, the highlighted region is mainly for the definition, formulas and key points, which are very consistent.

The textbook is written in a way that can be subdivided into smaller sections. I created a module called Solving Zero for Polynomial Equation in degree two.

I combined parts from chapter 1, 2, 5, 6, and 9. I added few examples or graphs for the completeness to some topics.

I also added some examples requiring software to estimate the zero. It works well. The topics are presented in a logical and clear fashion. This book covered many topics. It is not easy to navigate the reference materials within the textbook.

For example, there are no links between key terms and definitions within shaded boxes. However, they are in shaded boxes as well as the definitions. It is a little bit confusing. And the sizes of graphs and fonts for those examples in shaded boxes are not consistent. It looks a little odd sometimes.

I did not care much for the calculator explanations. Aside from this, the textbook is easy to adapt into one to two courses. I like the wolfram YouTube video on polar graphing. The textbook can implement more application-based questions to increase some challenging exercises for students to explore.

The text was very thorough. In fact, when using it in my Advanced Algebra course I skipped many sections. The homework problems were plentiful and offered a lot of variety.

However, the word problems all felt a little too similar. A student doing A student doing a few problems in a row could settle into a "routine" versus apply their problem solving skills. As for the index and glossary, they were comprehensive and useful. Also, the math type often downloaded garbled. I never found an Instructors Manual so I can't comment on accuracy.

However, the different sections with examples were accurate. Math is Math, it doesn't require updates. However, I wish that the complex number sections and hmwk problems requiring the use of complex numbers was seperated from the main content.

If an instructor does not have complex numbers in their course content, they run the risk in later sections of assigning problems that use them. Minimal text is how I prefer to teach Algebra and Trig. I focus on the symbolic language. The text in this book was adequate and not superfluous. Please see the above comments on Complex Numbers.

Other than that, I thought the topics were maybe broken down too far. It at times felt like it was less than College or even Advanced Algebra level. Some of the math text did not download correctly, preventing students from being able to do assigned homework. It was my first experience with an OER and I intend to use it again.

I believe the second time around will be as insightful as the first. Algebra and Trigonometry text covers a standard typical topics for Algebra course. Within each concept there is an appropriate level of critical thinking and application.

There is a perfect level of comprehensiveness. Overall , the accuracy of the text was very good. The authors have separate important definitions, results, concepts , and theorems in blue text boxes that direct the reader's attention. Notations and explanations seems fairly accurate. This text is adequately relevant to the subject as it is taught today. The authors use real world examples in the chapters and the homework. The real -life applications provided in the book are general enough that changes would not be necessary.

They are good for all time. The text has a good clarity and it is very readable to students at this level. The use of common fronts, text boxes, and overall the language and organization of the text is excellent. It is a user- friendly because the layout makes it easier for students.

The text is very consistent in the language used from section to section as will as its terminology and symbols. The text is very consistent in its approach to explanation and students engagement. Additionally , the notations used lead students to strong comprehension. The flow is consistent and clear in each section in terms of how concepts are introduced. The authors used consistent terminology as in most other math textbooks.

The text is breaking down the content into easy parts. It is appropriately designed and ordered from section to section which makes the learning easier. Overall the organization of the text is logical and seems pedagogically justified. The layouts such as the transition from topic to topic from within a section and between sections is easy. Topics are organized from easier to more difficult in a logical manner. The navigation is a quite user- friendly. The links within the text that allow the user to jump to specific topic in the text are useful.

All the links work well. The text uses appropriate organization of graphics and text highlights important concepts. The colors for text, front, and headings are all appropriate and help to focus the readers's attention to what is truly important. The text appears to be grammatically correct. It is error -free. It is obvious that the authors took their time to eliminate errors from this text. The text is not culturally insensitive or offensive in any way. The text doesn't have as many culturally inclusive examples as other traditional text books, it would be beneficial to incorporate more culturally diverse examples for our diverse student population.

I would thank the authors for their great effort in putting together this text. I am planning on adapting this text for my classroom within the next year.

It 's a well written , I like the format and the flow of the concepts. Reviewed by G. This book covers all the standard topics of both a college algebra and trigonometry course. I could only find two topics that I wish were included neither are typically included college algebra and trigonometry texts. The first was a The first was a discussion of the importance of proof in mathematics.

Otherwise students can and usually do just see the trig identity section as "a bunch of stuff to memorize and symbols to push around" without understanding their importance. The second was the inclusion of Euler's formula when covering the polar form of complex numbers.

The actual course material hasn't changed of course in the last years, so there is little chance of the material itself rendering the text obsolete. The greater danger is in examples that could seem dated in a few years.

Care seems to have been taken in this regard. The only examples I noticed that I thought might seem out of place were problems that involved the cost of phone service. They seem to have been written with land lines in mind, and might have been better expressed as costs for data plans. The book is clear and straightforward. It could be described as "no-nonsense". It doesn't "sparkle" or contain moments of humor that would draw students in.

Modularity is not very easy to achieve and often not highly desirable in a math text that by necessity builds step by step on prior knowledge. However, this book does present the trigonometry in a way that could be separated from the algebra, making this a suitable book for a course on just college trigonometry.

One of the things I most like about this text especially the algebra half is that topics are organized in a way that requires revisiting and deepening the understanding of earlier topics. For example, the book introduces polynomials and factoring polynomials in chapter 1, then comes back to solving quadratic equations completing the square, etc in the middle of chapter 2, then graphing quadratics by completing the square in chapter 5, then graphs and roots of general polynomials.

Its treatment of linear functions is similar beginning with solving one-variable linear equations at the beginning of chapter 2, then linear inequalities at the end of chapter 2, before graphing and linear regression in chapter 4. This spiraling back to re-visit topics is one of the best features of the text. The online version of the book is reasonably easy to navigate with no significant problems. The high-quality pdf version is a bit large, however, and slower machines may have trouble scrolling through the whole file.

The text covers all areas related to algebra and trigonometry, starting from the very basics, such as numbers or plotting coordinates, and taking the student to a minimum level from which to start further studies. Added value are the final Added value are the final chapters regarding geometry, sequences and probability. An appropriate index has been added at the end of the book. The book is relevant for students that are weak with their algebra and need to revise key areas in order to attempt further studies.

Final chapters about geometry, sequences and probability, questions about real world applications make the content up to date. Examples and real world applications show that the book can be used by students that want to attempt further studies in very different areas, such as biology and physics. The clear sections within the text and questions makes it easy to update. Thus the book seems to have a long longevity.

Technical terminology is introduced with examples and stories. These stories relate to the abstract ideas that the student needs to learn. An example of this can be seen on page 74, where the use of coordinate axis is introduced with the story of where to position a fly within the ceiling with the use of perpendicular walls.

Thus an adequate context is being provided, that will help the student go back and forward in order to learn the abstract ideas that are needed to progress. The same terminology and ideas are being used throughout the book. An example of this is the consistency between chapter 2, where the coordinate system is introduced , and the subsequent chapters, such as chapter 6, where the same coordinate system is used with other functions. The text has been divided into smaller reading sections with the use of different type of headings.

It makes it easy to skip parts, or concentrate more on others. Due to the nature of Mathematics, it is clear that some ideas need to have been worked upon while progressing through the book. However, the clear index and headings make it easy to jump to a different section, and also give hints of where to find appropriate information, examples, and questions if needed. Topics in the text are presented in a logical fashion, starting from the very basics, building on top of them and reaching out for more difficult topics.

This structure is clear in the index and throughout the chapters. Starting with examples to introduce the basic abstract ideas, makes the content flow. I downloaded the PDF version of the text.

Navigating, making it smaller or bigger, writing a comment or highlighting parts of the text was very easy. However I did miss the same index that appears on the contents pages iii to vi on the left hand side of the PDF reader interface.

That could be improved to make navigation throughout different topics easier. PDF version could be improved adding an index to the left of the interface.

A chapter about statistics could be added and linked with probability. All in all, it is a good introductory text to be used across faculties. The text covers numerous subject's that would be covered in several different courses where I teach. The book covers several more topics than the title would indicate. There are glossaries at the end of each section of each chapter which I found There are glossaries at the end of each section of each chapter which I found to be effective and useful.

The applications and the introductory sections seem timely and unlikely to be obsolete any time soon. Most of the material is unchanging and it would not be difficult to rewrite the introductory sections which tend to deal with real word situations. The book is really straightforward and clear and free from a lot of the razzle dazzle that current mathematics textbooks tend to have. The glossary sections are a good innovation and the terminology is well explained.

The sections are not too long. There are numerous subheadings and an instructor could pick and choose and, indeed, would have to topics to cover. The book is over pages long so it could be used for several individual courses. It covers elementary algebra, trigonometry, topics from precalculus, probability, and several other topics. It covers so many topics that it is a little hard to say that the topics appear in a logical, clear fashion.

Because so many topics are covered, it could be argued that the book is compelled to jump around a bit. The book is totally straightforward and simple in its presentation without trying to be flashy in any way. I found this simple, straightforward interface appealing. I found nothing culturally insensitive or offensive, but on the other hand, I don't the that that book makes use of multiple races, ethnicities or backgrounds. It would could be used for many different courses at the community college where I teach.

Each department or teacher would have to know which sections of the book should go with which course. This book matches or current text very closely, so it will follow the same terminology and style we already use.

The text does allow for students with varying levels of readiness, as the first two chapters covers topics typically encountered The text does allow for students with varying levels of readiness, as the first two chapters covers topics typically encountered in an "Intermediate Algebra" course.

Topics covered include all the algebra and trigonometry to prepare a student for an introductory level calculus course. Contextual problems are included throughout.

A comprehensive index lists major topics and links to the appropriate page when utilizing the pdf file provided. Applications are up to date. In addition, technology is incorporated in a generic way so as to allow for various models of calculators or utilizing software, web- based calculators or spread sheets. The book provides links to you tube videos and provides support for online homework using service including webassign, xyz homework and others.

Examples are presented in a clear manner. Each section and each chapter follows the same pattern to facilitate usage of the book. Each chapter concludes with a summary and a set of practice problems in addition to problems at the end of each section of the text. In addition the book divides chapters into major sections.

Each section of each chapter can be completed reasonably in a day or two of a typical course. There is some option to re order chapters and topics. Each section starts with some motivation of the content, examples of problems, followed by relevant applications. Links to videos are included and the chapter ends with a comprehensive set of problems. If you look at the Examples in this book, you will see that the words your voice are on the left and the mathematics is on the right.

I believe that too often skills are emphasized at the expense of conceptual understanding. These are reinforced with both skills exercises and conceptual exercises. Finding the mistake demonstrates a higher level of understanding. I include a few Catch the Mistake exercises in each section that demonstrate a common mistake that I have seen in my experience.

I use these in class either as a whole or often in groups , which leads to student discussion and offers an opportunity for formative assessment in real time.

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